60-year-old fatally hit by vehicle near Amarillo VA Medical Center

Amarillo Police Department’s Traffic Investigation Squad collects evidence at the scene where a pedestrian died after being hit with a vehicle at Southwest Ninth Avenue at the Amarillo VA Medical Center entrance Tuesday morning. (Michael Schumacher / Amarillo Globe-News)

Amarillo Police Department’s Traffic Investigation Squad collects evidence at the scene where a pedestrian died after being hit with a vehicle at Southwest Ninth Avenue at the Amarillo VA Medical Center entrance Tuesday morning. (Michael Schumacher / Amarillo Globe-News)

A man died Tuesday morning when he was hit by a vehicle near Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center, according to the Amarillo Police Department.

At 6:47 a.m., APD officers were dispatched to the area of Quail Creek Drive and Southwest Ninth Avenue, where police said a vehicle heading east hit a 60-year-old man who was crossing from the north side of Ninth Avenue to the south side. The man — whose name was not released by authorities Tuesday night pending notification of next of kin — was not using a crosswalk, according to police.

The man died at the scene from injuries sustained in the accident, police said.

No charges had been filed against the driver and the Amarillo Police Department said its Traffic Follow Up Unit was investigating Tuesday night.